Enough lighting?

[Amass78]

Hello everyone, I finally bought all of my equipments to start a reef tank. *I got a 29 gal w/built in overflow. *A 10 gal sump. *Euro-reef ES5-2 Skimmer. *Rio 14HF return pump. *And a CSL 130 watt with moonlight, *One 65w 10k premium day-light and One 65w Ultra Actinic. *My question is...Do you think I have enough lighting to have corals? And will that pump be too strong for my tank?
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Im gonna go the safe route and buy Saltwater, live sand and live rock from the store. *Do I still have to cycle the tank this way? *The water i'm buying supposed to be filtered ocean water, in the future if i go with regular mixed saltwater for water changes, will that hurt my tank?

I'm planning to have everything set up in about two weeks when i have some time. *I guess what Im worrying most is my lighting. *Please Help. *Thanks!

[Malachi]

What type of corals are you look at? I know it would be fine for Shrooms.

I would say yes on the cycle, just be patient and do frequent water test.

[Matt Rogers]

That's a pretty nice setup!
The light works out to 4.4 watts per gallon, so I think that would be good for most stuff. Assuming your water quality becomes perfect, I don't think you will have too much trouble there, just put the light-hungry stuff near the top.

I'd still give the setup time to 'break-in' even with all the live sand, rock and water from the store, you'll probably have a mini-cycle.

There is a post on the review board about the Rio Hyper Flow pumps, please keep us posted there on that, I'd like to know it that's better than their standard pumps - I hope so!

And thanks for joining 3reef!

[Amass78]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I can't wait to set it up but the weather here in the bay area, california has be bad lately, so ill wait til it becomes sunnier.

As for the corals, I guess I could only have softies??? I'm still learning the names of corals so I don't really know which is which, I know i want some hammer corals, polyps...and maybe something more advance if my lights allow me to. I will go with metal hallide in the future but since i bought these I might as well use them and practice.

What about the water I'm buying...will it hurt if i go from filtered ocean water to mix saltwater? Thanks everyone!

[Malachi]

Well good luck, my Metal Halide should be in today. Only 3.5 weeks late! Upgrading from PC.

[Matt Rogers]

3 weeks late? YUK.

@Amass78 - I think you should start with the corals you mentioned until you are comfortable with what's going on. You have a great fish store in your town - 'Tropical Paradise,' they can assist you with corals down the road. They have tons.